2006 Presentations

The inaugural Blueprints Conference was held on March 13-15, 2006, in Denver, Colorado and included keynote addresses and breakout sessions exploring model programs with positive results for youths and their families.

Keynote Presentations

Improving the Effectiveness of Our Delinquency, Drug and Violence Prevention Efforts: Promise and Practice
Speaker: Delbert S. Elliott, PhD
Executive Director
Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence
University of Colorado
Boulder, Colorado

Public Policy and Prevention: A Blueprints Approach
Speaker: Michele Ridge
Former First Lady of Pennsylvania

Implementing Tested and Effective Programs Across America
Speaker: J. David Hawkins, PhD
Professor and Founding Director
Social Development Research Group
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington

Sustaining Model Programs Over Time: A View From the Field
Speaker: Jennifer Atler
Executive Director
Invest in Kids
Denver, Colorado

Taking Evidence-Based Treatments to Scale: What's the Evidence on What it Takes?
Speaker: Sonja Schoenwald, PhD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Family Services Research Center at the Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina